It's the end of the world as you know it – brought to you by a Gnome Mage with big balls of fire

So many specs, so little time

Gnomeadeaden leveled at Unholy, with a side of Blood when I was taking too much punishment.

Gnomeaggedon was Fire, only Fire. PvE – Fire, PvP – Fire.

Gnomeadeaden has never been good at either spec, but being the hero class, it really didn’t matter too much. So slowly my fingers learnt which buttons to press independent of thought and sight.

Of course, just as I was getting the hang of it, I swapped Unholy for Frost.

Frost and Blood are great for PvP. Blood is great as you can hold a node, or tank a Battleground boss for a long time without healers. You may not do much damage, but you are damn hard to kill… while you are alive, no one is touching that flag.

Frost on the other hand is great for stopping and killing. Chains of Ice don’t just snare, but also trap. Hungering Cold will Iceblock a bunch of folks, giving you time to pick your target, or a chance for your flag carrier to get away.

I think this guy disapproves of many people at the PvP vendors

If only I could remember the keybinds!

There are times I find myself flailing ineffectively, like swatting a swarm of Aussie flies on a hot summer day. Facerolling just doesn’t cut it sometimes.

Other times it all comes together, but bugger me if I know what I did… Whatever it was worked… I just wish my fingers remembered what it was.

I’ve changed from a Fire spec that can make it from one end of WSG to another, relatively unscathed to a Frost spec that leaves me thumping my desk in rage after falling before even leaving the flag room.

From what everyone tells me, that is not the way it is meant to be!

I blame mobile scorch for part of the problem. I am now so used to casting on the run, running in circles, circles around my opponent.

Now, unless I am icelance spamming, I need to remember to stop and cast.

Let’s not even talk about the fact that I need to think for two now. Where the f*#k is my Elemental and why is it attacking the other player?

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Welcome to the fold of the Frost Mage, life as ice cold dealer of snow cone based death is good XD

Although you’re not the only one to have changed spec, I bowed to the pressure and went Fire for PvE. I feel like such a traitor but on the plus side actually using my Fire for PvE properly now prompted me to change my Frost spec to a purely PvP one. There was much rejoicing from my Arena partner :)